Leila Harris

Leila Harris is a Professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at UBC. She is trained as a socio-cultural and political geographer with interest in resource issues and inequalities, gender, and developing contexts. Her research to date has focused primarily on water politics in the Middle East/ Turkey, water governance in the Global South, and gender dimensions of resource use and access. Given her focus on inequalities, her work is also strongly connected to work in political ecology, environmental justice, and gender studies. More information: http://www.ires.ubc.ca/leila-harris/
SPECIAL ISSUE OF WATER: “WATER GOVERNANCE: RETHEORIZING POLITICS”
By Leila Harris on July 20, 2019
Leila M. Harris, Sameer H. Shah, Nicole J. Wilson, and Joanne Nelson edited the special issue titled “Water Governance: Retheorizing Politics” in Water. Abstract: This Special Issue on water governance features a series of articles that highlight recent and emerging concepts, approaches, and case studies to re-center and re-theorize “the political” in relation to decision-making, […]
NEW PUB: HARRIS: ASSESSING STATES: WATER SERVICE DELIVERY AND EVOLVING STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN ACCRA, GHANA AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
By Leila Harris on July 18, 2019
Leila M. Harris published an article titled, “Assessing states: Water service delivery and evolving state-society relations in Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa,” in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. Abstract:This paper analyzes water services in relation to trust in government, with insights for broader state–society relations. The work is based on a […]
[ART EXHIBIT] THE PRECARITY: WATER AND POWER
By Leila Harris on June 15, 2019
Several EDGES members participated in an art exhibit at the Science Gallery of Detroit. The Precarity: Water and Power exhibit includes images taken by EDGES team members Crystal Tremblay, Megan Peloso, Cynthia Morinville, and Leila Harris while conducting research in Accra, Ghana. The exhibit includes two participatory videos made in collaboration between Crystal Tremblay and […]
NEW PUB: BOOK REVIEW – MOUNTAIN ICE AND WATER: INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE IN ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS
By Leila Harris on October 11, 2018
Graham McDowell published a book review of “Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments.” in Mountain Research and Development. To view article, click link below link: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/mrd.mm224#
NEW PUB: KLEIBER ET AL.: GENDER AND MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF DANAJON BANK, PHILIPPINES
By Leila Harris on September 12, 2018
EDGES alumna Danika Kleiber, Leila Harris, and Amanda C.J. Vincent published an article titled, “Gender and Marine Protected Areas: A case study of Danajon Bank, Philippines.” in Maritime Studies. Abstract: In this paper, we examine the role of gender in community-based management of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Central Philippines. MPAs are a common […]
CONGRATS TO NICOLE ON HER POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!
By Leila Harris on September 10, 2018
EDGES alumna Dr. Nicole J. Wilson was awarded a Mitacs Elevate post-doctoral fellowship to conduct research in partnership with Carcross/Tagish First Nation. The project will develop strategies to implement Chapter 14 of the First Nation’s land claim agreement based on their traditional water laws. She is working under the supervision of Gordon Christie in the Peter A. […]
DANIKA KLEIBER’S TALK FROM ARC SYMPOSIUM – “COUNTING THE INVISIBLE”
By Leila Harris on September 10, 2018
In July 2018, EDGES alumna Dr. Danika Kleiber presented her talk, “Counting the Invisible – The Science of Feminism & Fisheries” in the ARC Symposium hosted by WorldFish, ARC Center of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, and James Cook University in Australia. Dr. Kleiber recently started a joint three-year Postdoctroal Research position with the ARC Center […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO NICOLE J. WILSON ON FINISHING HER PHD!
By Leila Harris on June 3, 2018
EDGES congratulates Nicole J. Wilson on finishing her PhD! Nicole’s doctoral dissertation is titled “”More precious than gold”: Indigenous water governance in the context of Modern land claims in Yukon” and can be read here. Abstract: Water governance is a priority for Indigenous peoples, whose complex relationships to water are essential to material and cultural […]
NEW PUBLICATION: YATES & HARRIS: HYBRID REGULATORY LANDSCAPES: THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER, VARIEGATED NEOLIBERAL WATER GOVERNANCE, AND POLICY TRANSFER IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, AND ACCRA, GHANA (FREE UNTIL JUL 15)
By Leila Harris on May 30, 2018
Julian S. Yates and Leila M. Harris have published an article in World Development, titled “Hybrid regulatory landscapes: The human right to water, variegated neoliberal water governance, and policy transfer in Cape Town, South Africa, and Accra, Ghana.” Abstract: Drawing on an analysis of water access and supply in Cape Town (South Africa) and Accra (Ghana), […]
LEILA HARRIS PRESENTED AT RECENT CONFERENCE ON WATER IN MENA
By Leila Harris on April 30, 2018
On April 19th, Leila Harris presented at a conference Day Zero: Water, Climate Change & Governance in MENA, hosted by USC Dana and David Dornslife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Leila Harris presented “Water Conflict and (In)securities in Southeastern Turkey: Navigating Difference, Inequality, and Statecraft.” She focused on Southeastern Anatolia to show the intersection of environmental […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEGAN PELOSO ON HER NEW POSITION!
By Leila Harris on March 30, 2018
We congratulate IRES and EDGES Alumna Megan Peloso (MA) on her new position as B.C. Communications Lead with the Freshwater Alliance, where she develops creative engagement tools to advance freshwater health across BC. Megan is based out of Smithers in the Northwest region of British Columbia. Megan earned an MA at IRES in Natural Resource Management […]